News Portal Premium WordPress Theme
CN News Portal Premium WordPress Theme
📋 Table of Contents
- Theme Overview
- Performance & Core Features
- Homepage Layouts & Category Sections
- WordPress Customizer — Full Control
- Google AdSense / Ad Management
- Typography & Design System
- Single Post Experience
- Category / Archive Pages
- AJAX Load More Pagination
- WooCommerce Ready
- SEO & Schema Markup
- Developer Friendly
- Requirements & Installation
- Changelog
🎯 Theme Overview
CN News Portal is a premium WordPress theme purpose-built for news portals, magazines, blogs, and content-heavy websites. It combines a clean, modern design with powerful customization options — all without requiring any coding knowledge.
✨ Key Selling Points:
- Zero bloat — No page builder dependency, pure WordPress + minimal vanilla JS (2KB gzipped)
- 6 flexible homepage category sections — Each with 8+ layout variations
- Complete AdSense integration — 15+ ad slots, responsive, lazy-loaded
- Full Customizer control — Colors, fonts, layouts, categories — all live preview
- AJAX pagination — Load more posts without page reload on category archives
- Core Web Vitals ready — Critical CSS inlined, lazy images, preload hints, fetchpriority
- Translation & RTL ready — Supports Hindi/Devanagari, Arabic, and all LTR/RTL languages
⚡ Performance & Core Features
Critical CSS Inlining
Above-the-fold CSS is extracted from style.css, minified, and inlined in for instant first paint. Non-critical CSS loads asynchronously via media="print" + onload swap.
Smart Image Loading
First 3 images on homepage load eagerly with fetchpriority="high". All others lazy-load with loading="lazy" decoding="async". Responsive image sizes: thumb (300×200), medium (600×380), large (900×500).
Minimal JavaScript
Single vanilla JS file (assets/js/main.js ~2KB gzipped). Handles mobile nav, scroll-to-top, and AJAX load more. No jQuery, no heavy libraries.
Transient Caching
Homepage hero, category sections, and archive queries cached for 5 minutes via WordPress Transients API. Auto-invalidated on post publish/update/delete.
Asset Optimization
Query strings removed from static resources. DNS prefetch for Google Fonts. Preload hints for critical JS/CSS. Heartbeat API reduced to 60s.
Multi-language Ready
Text domain calculator-net. Includes Hindi/Devanagari font (Noto Sans Devanagari) in font stack. RTL support via logical CSS properties.
🏠 Homepage Layouts & Category Sections
The homepage is built from 6 configurable category sections (slots 1–6). Each slot can be enabled/disabled, assigned any category, and styled independently.
8 Layout Variations Per Section
| Layout | Description |
|---|---|
top2_grid4 |
2 large featured cards (top) + 4 smaller grid cards below |
card_grid |
Classic 3×2 card grid (6 posts) |
compact_grid |
Tighter 2×2 grid for dense content |
list_rows |
Vertical list with thumbnail + text side-by-side |
image_grid |
Overlay cards — image background with title/category overlay |
num_split |
1 featured + numbered list (1–5) for ranking-style content |
masonry |
Pinterest-style mixed-size grid (alternating large/small) |
magazine_hero |
Full-width cover story + asymmetric mosaic (2 large + 2 small) |
featured_split |
1 large featured + 4 stacked side items |
Per-Section Customization
- Category slug — Any existing category
- Display title — Custom headline (e.g., “Breaking News”, “Latest Tech”)
- Post limit — 1–12 posts
- Accent color — Used for badges, borders, section title bar
- Font size & weight — Independent typography per section
- Enable/disable toggle — Hide sections without deleting config
Default Demo Configuration (easily changed in Customizer):
- Slot 1: Fashion →
top2_grid4→ Red (#E10600) - Slot 2: Sports →
card_grid→ Orange (#FF6B35) - Slot 3: Technology →
list_rows→ Blue (#1E88E5) - Slot 4: Travel →
image_grid→ Yellow (#FFB300) - Slot 5: Lifestyle →
num_split→ Green (#00C853) - Slot 6: Health →
masonry→ Purple (#AA00FF)
🎨 WordPress Customizer — Full Control
Every design decision is exposed in the native WordPress Customizer (Appearance → Customize) with live preview. No settings panels to hunt for.
Sections Available
Site Identity & Branding
- Logo text (main + highlight word)
- Tagline
- Primary & Accent colors
- Header / Footer logo uploads (separate)
Typography & Fonts
- Body / Heading / Logo font families (11 choices)
- Font sizes: body, section, logo, card, featured, small, menu
- Font weights per category section
Breaking News Ticker
- Enable/disable
- Custom label (“TRENDING NOW”)
- Multi-item text (pipe-separated)
Social Media Links
- Facebook, Twitter/X, YouTube, Instagram, WhatsApp, Telegram
- Shown in top bar, sidebar, footer
Google AdSense / Ads
- 15 ad slots (header, homepage, single post, category, sidebar)
- Paste full AdSense
code or any HTML - Empty = no output (no placeholders)
Front Page Categories (6 slots)
- Enable, slug, title, limit, layout, color, font size/weight
- Live preview as you change
Header Styling
- Background, text, link, hover colors
- Top bar colors
- Nav bar colors
- Sticky nav toggle
Footer Styling & Content
- Background, text, heading, link, border colors
- Copyright, about text, newsletter copy
- Social title, quick links title, categories title
Single Post Settings
- Show/hide: breadcrumb, meta, caption, tags, share buttons, related posts
Top Bar Links
- 4 customizable links (label + URL)
- Enable/disable each
💰 Google AdSense / Ad Management
The theme includes 15 dedicated ad slots — each accepts raw AdSense code or any HTML (affiliate banners, custom CTAs, etc.). Empty slots output nothing (no empty divs, no placeholders).
| Slot ID | Location | Suggested Size |
|---|---|---|
header_banner |
Header (below nav) | 728×90 / 970×90 |
home_top |
Homepage top (above hero) | 728×90 |
home_mid |
Homepage middle (between category 3 & 4) | 728×90 |
home_bottom |
Homepage bottom | 728×90 |
post_top |
Single post — before content | 728×90 / 300×250 |
post_mid1 |
Single post — after paragraph 3 | 300×250 / 336×280 |
post_mid2 |
Single post — after paragraph 6 | 300×250 |
post_mid3 |
Single post — after paragraph 9 | 300×250 |
post_bottom |
Single post — after content | 728×90 / 300×250 |
post_related |
Single post — after related posts | 300×250 |
cat_top |
Category archive top | 728×90 |
cat_mid |
Category archive middle (after 4th post) | 300×250 |
cat_bottom |
Category archive bottom | 728×90 |
sidebar |
Sidebar top | 300×250 / 300×600 |
sidebar_2 |
Sidebar bottom | 300×250 |
A subscription entitles you to 1 year of updates and support from the date of purchase.
Live Preview
- Instant Download Available
- Pricing includes all the taxes.
